CR5 2LQ

Old Coulsdon · Croydon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Coulsdon
Local authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon South
Postcode district
CR5
Postcode sector
CR5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CR5 2LP 111 m
CR5 2LR 122 m
CR5 2LF 152 m
CR5 1ED 172 m
CR5 2LN 183 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CR5 2LQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CR
Postcode district
CR5
Postcode sector
CR5 2
Latitude
51.309600
Longitude
-0.123048
British National Grid easting
530,920
British National Grid northing
158,393

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
London · E12000007
Local authority district
Croydon · E09000008
Parish or community
E43000198
Westminster constituency
Croydon South · E14001187
Output area
E00005056
Lower layer super output area
Croydon 044B · E01001019
Middle layer super output area
Croydon 044 · E02000237

Postcode source versions

Explore CR5

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Richards Folly, Bradmore Green, Coulsdon, CR5 2LQ 8 November 2022 £880,000
Bradmore Farm, Bradmore Green, Coulsdon, CR5 2LQ 7 May 2021 £930,000
Colgryn, Bradmore Green, Coulsdon, CR5 2LQ 12 June 1997 £175,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
26
Secondary
9
  1. Coulsdon CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    163 m
  2. Oasis Academy Byron

    Academy converter

    536 m
  3. Keston Primary School

    Academy converter

    682 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
894
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 320
  • Anti social behaviour 168
  • Vehicle crime 81
  • Criminal damage and arson 74
  • Other theft 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

5 female, 2 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.4
CR5 2 residents
10,146

Age bands in CR5 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.8%

1,854 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

1,079 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.9%

2,553 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,598 residents

Age 65 and over
18%

1,776 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CR5 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • OLD COULSDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    2A COURT AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 1HF

    ODS code H83013

    494 m

  • BRAMLEY AVENUE SURGERY

    1B BRAMLEY AVENUE, COULSDON, CR5 2DR

    ODS code H83052

    2.0 km

  • KESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PURLEY WAR MEMORIAL HOSP, 856 BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, CR8 2YL

    ODS code H83016

    3.5 km

  • WOODCOTE MEDICAL

    32 FOXLEY LANE, PURLEY, CR8 3EE

    ODS code H83024

    3.6 km

  • WARLINGHAM GREEN MED PRAC

    1 CHURCH ROAD, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9NW

    ODS code H81119

    4.6 km

  • PARKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    27 WYCHE GROVE, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6EX

    ODS code H83015

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Army Reserve Centre

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles
  • Territorial Army Centre

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.1 miles
  • Oasis Academy Byron

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.2 miles
  • Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.2 miles
  • Oasis Academy Byron

    BCT · Old Coulsdon

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Croydon 044B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,614 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £880,000 from 1 recorded sale in CR5 2LQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Croydon is £394,736 in June 2026, down 1.9% year on year.

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 9 secondary schools. Coulsdon CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 163 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

894 published events cover 12 months, averaging 74.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 320 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.